Arts Management Concentration

Concentration in Arts Management

Arts management is a rapidly expanding profession serving arts organizations including theaters, dance and music companies, museums and galleries. Arts management is essential for community or regional centers for the arts, and in government, corporate, and foundation agencies that are concerned with the development of the arts. Students who pursue a concentration in arts management take a major or minor in one of the arts (Dance, Music, Theatre, Studio Art, Integrative Arts Studies) and supplement that major or minor with courses in arts management and business management. The courses in the major or minor provide a solid foundation in the arts, and the additional concentration courses enhance knowledge appropriate to the student’s interest in arts management. All courses in arts management may also be taken independently of the concentration.

The Concentration is open to students majoring or minoring in the arts: those students housed in the Center for Art and Media, those in the Center for Dance, Music and Theater as well as Visual and Material Cultures students who are housed in the Center for the Humanities.

Number of Credits: 20-24.

Required Courses:

AMG 170 - Introduction to Arts Management (4 Cr.)
AMG 270 - Case Studies in Art Management (4 Cr.)
BUS 377 - Non-Profit Management (4 Cr.)
Arts Management Internship (0-4 Cr.)

Eight additional credits from:

BUS 115 - Principles of Accounting (4 Cr.)
BUS 130 - Intro to Small Business Management (2 Cr.)
BUS 229 - Marketing Management (4 Cr.)
BUS 347 - Introduction to Human Resource Management (2 Cr.)
BUS 245 - Organizational Behavior (2 Cr.)
DIG 238 - Public Relations (4 Cr.)
THE 105 - Effective Public Speaking (2 Cr.)
VMC 103 - Introduction to Global Visual Culture (4 Cr.)
VMC 110 - Preserving our Heritage (4 Cr.)
May also include courses in the new Visual and Material Culture program, pending approval from the State of Maryland.

Additional Information:

May include one appropriate online course from the Master of Arts in Arts Administration (MAAA) program, with permission and by arrangement with the director of the MAAA program.